Game apparatus.



No. 809,293. PATENTED JAN. 9, 1906.

A. FRIEDBNTHAL. GAME APPARATUS.

APPLIOATION FILED OUT. 26,1904.

(/71 Fljc'ecle allionmt b UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT FRIEDENTHAL, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

GAME APPARATUS- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT FRIEDENTELAL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California,have invented a new and'useful Game Apparatus, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates generally to game apparatus, the object being toprovide an eX- ceedingly cheap and simple form of game which shall behighly amusing; and with this object in view the invention consists,essentially, in the employment of a decahedron, each face of which isquadrangular in shape and provided with marks designating a separatespecies and also numerals to indicate the number or value of saidspecies.

The invention consists also in the employment of aplurality of saidbodies whereby certain combinations or sequences are formed.

The invention consists also in certain details of constructionhereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is aperspective view of a decahedron constructed and marked in accordancewith my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of one of the decahedrons.Fig. 3 is a similar view showing another face. Fig. 4 is a detail persective view showing the normal position 0 the body. Fig. 5 is an edgeview of the body devoid of marks and showing the peculiar arrangement ofthe planes or faces of the body; and Fig. 6 is a top plan view, thedotted lines showing the ngles or edges of the bottom portion of the Iiipractice I prefer to employ five decahedrons A, which may be of wood,ivory, bone, celluloid, orany other suitable material. Each decahedronof course consists of two pyramidal pentahedrons arranged end to end butit will be noted that the faces or planes instead of being triangular inshape are uadrangular and the peripherial edge of the ody will bezigzag, as shown at B in Fig. 5, instead of lying entirely in one plane.There are ten Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 26, 1904.. Serial No. 230,062.

Patented Jan. 9, 1906.

faces 0 to each body A, and each face has some special figure or mark D,which indicates the species of that face, and each face also bears adesignating numeral or mark E to indicate the relative value of thatparticular face with reference to its species.

In practice I prefer to use the usual and well known marks of diamonds,hearts, spades, and clubs for indicating the species and the numerals 1to 10 to indicate the values, together with the letters J, Q, K," and Ato indicate jack, queen, king, and ace. It will be noted, however, thatinasmuch as there are only ten places to each body and five bodies inall there will be only fifty faces, and it will therefore be necessaryto drop two designations and numerals, and any two desired may bedropped. It will of course be understood that other marks fordesignating the species may be employed and also other means forindicating the value of the species.

A series of decahedrons marked or designated as herein shown anddescribed can be utilized for playing a variety of games, and thepeculiar shape of decahedron adds to the interest of the game. In casethe bodies are shaken and thrown upon a horizontal plane one face ofeach body will occupy a horizontal position, and this is the face to becounted, and it is obvious that a variety of games involvingcombinations and sequences can be playe Having thus fully described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

In a game apparatus of the kind described, a decahedron having its facesmarked to indicate different values of different species, each facebeing quadran ular in shape, and the peri herial edge of the decahedronzigzag as set orth.

ALBERT FRIEDENTHAIJ- Witnesses: J. A. LAWRENCE, JOHN DE LANOERY.

